York County

The Cultural Alliance of York County has announced the results of recent action taken by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Council members have made their recommendations for the artists who qualified for the 2007 Directory of Pennsylvania Arts in Education. Six artists from the Adams, Franklin, and York counties region were approved. Those artists include Nancy Walker, an historic dancer from Mercersburg, Pa. Arts in Education works through a network of regional partners to place professional artists in school and community settings.

Gentle giants exhibited by the Carbaugh family of Greencastle, Pa., took home several blue ribbons Thursday during the Draft Horse Pleasure Show at the 2013 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. The Carbaughs placed first in a variety of classes, including senior youth cart (ages 14 to 19), team hitch commercial, youth team hitch and youth riding. Judges for the show were Tom and Judy Smith. First-place winners for the Draft Horse Pleasure Show were: Men's Cart - Linda Bunning/Walter Rice, Benchfield Farms, Cumberland County Ladies' Cart - Emily Mitchell, Crystal View Carriage Services, Carbon County Junior Youth Cart (8 to 13)

Heidler Roofing Services Heidler Roofing Services, of York County, Pa., has merged with Master Roofers of York County and Hagerstown. Master Roofers is now operating under the name of Heidler Roofing Service. The company has a total of 130 people in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The company, a full-service roofing company, installs roofing on new and existing flat commercial and industrial buildings in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia and West Virginia.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - State Sen. Terry Punt appeared to be on his way Tuesday night to a comfortable victory over Democratic challenger Don R. Richards in his bid for a fifth four-year term in office, according to incomplete and unofficial results. In Franklin County, the home of both candidates, Punt was leading Richards by 33,467 to 8,754 with 65 of 75 precincts reporting, according to figures from the county Election Board figures at midnight. Punt, 55, of Waynesboro, Pa., was first elected to the 33rd District seat in 1988, after serving five terms in the Pennsylvania House representing the 90th District.

By Teri Johnson Staff Writer Living Miracles is a diverse choir with many talents, director Doris Ortman says. "This is a unique group of kids; they're so neat to work with," she says. One member of the teen choir does sign language, another is blind, and the group has two sets of twins - one fraternal, one identical. The choir is part of the leadership training program at Camp Joy-El near Williamson, Pa. The choir consists of 23 girls and 11 boys, with the membership representing 16 churches.

WAYNESBORO, PA. ? A Waynesboro businessman has announced his candidacy for the Pennsylvania State Senate seat representing the 33rd District. Robert E. "Bob" Curley circulated petitions Wednesday to start collecting the 500 signatures needed to appear on Republican ballots during Pennsylvania's April 22 primary election. Curley, who said he's "always had an interest in running for political office," joins announced GOP candidates Catherine Cresswell of Adams County, Pa., and Jim Taylor of Mercersburg, Pa. Republican Richard Alloway of Chambersburg, Pa., resigned his position as a magisterial district judge to explore running.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The number of candidates for the Pennsylvania State Senate seat now held by Terry Punt has grown to at least four with a Senate committee director from Adams County and a Waynesboro, Pa., area businessman tossing their hats into the ring. "I believe this is a great opportunity for change and for a new approach," said Catherine Cresswell of Buchanan Valley, Pa., the executive director of the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee. "My background lends itself well to that position.

Terry Punt was a lot of things to a lot of people. One thing he wasn't: Above the people. Punt, the longtime public servant who died this week at his home at the age of 60, was a man of the people, who cared about them and wanted to do things for them. He was a local boy who did good -- for himself and the people he served. He dedicated three decades of his life to representing the people of Franklin and Adams counties. From 1979 to 1988, he served as a Pennsylvania state representative of the 90th district and from 1988 to 2008, he represented the 33rd Senatorial District that includes all of Franklin and Adams counties and a small portion of York County.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. ? The settlement in a class action lawsuit involving special needs students in Pennsylvania could pull students out of Franklin Learning Center, which serves children from the Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Tuscarora, Greencastle-Antrim and Fannett-Metal school districts. The settlement in Gaskin v. Pennsylvania was signed in 2005 after a decade of litigation. It calls for schools to place special needs students in the "least restrictive environment" by integrating them into schools and classrooms as much as possible.

Gentle giants exhibited by the Carbaugh family of Greencastle, Pa., took home several blue ribbons Thursday during the Draft Horse Pleasure Show at the 2013 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. The Carbaughs placed first in a variety of classes, including senior youth cart (ages 14 to 19), team hitch commercial, youth team hitch and youth riding. Judges for the show were Tom and Judy Smith. First-place winners for the Draft Horse Pleasure Show were: Men's Cart - Linda Bunning/Walter Rice, Benchfield Farms, Cumberland County Ladies' Cart - Emily Mitchell, Crystal View Carriage Services, Carbon County Junior Youth Cart (8 to 13)

Terry Punt was a lot of things to a lot of people. One thing he wasn't: Above the people. Punt, the longtime public servant who died this week at his home at the age of 60, was a man of the people, who cared about them and wanted to do things for them. He was a local boy who did good -- for himself and the people he served. He dedicated three decades of his life to representing the people of Franklin and Adams counties. From 1979 to 1988, he served as a Pennsylvania state representative of the 90th district and from 1988 to 2008, he represented the 33rd Senatorial District that includes all of Franklin and Adams counties and a small portion of York County.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. ? The settlement in a class action lawsuit involving special needs students in Pennsylvania could pull students out of Franklin Learning Center, which serves children from the Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Tuscarora, Greencastle-Antrim and Fannett-Metal school districts. The settlement in Gaskin v. Pennsylvania was signed in 2005 after a decade of litigation. It calls for schools to place special needs students in the "least restrictive environment" by integrating them into schools and classrooms as much as possible.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The number of candidates for the Pennsylvania State Senate seat now held by Terry Punt has grown to at least four with a Senate committee director from Adams County and a Waynesboro, Pa., area businessman tossing their hats into the ring. "I believe this is a great opportunity for change and for a new approach," said Catherine Cresswell of Buchanan Valley, Pa., the executive director of the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee. "My background lends itself well to that position.

WAYNESBORO, PA. ? A Waynesboro businessman has announced his candidacy for the Pennsylvania State Senate seat representing the 33rd District. Robert E. "Bob" Curley circulated petitions Wednesday to start collecting the 500 signatures needed to appear on Republican ballots during Pennsylvania's April 22 primary election. Curley, who said he's "always had an interest in running for political office," joins announced GOP candidates Catherine Cresswell of Adams County, Pa., and Jim Taylor of Mercersburg, Pa. Republican Richard Alloway of Chambersburg, Pa., resigned his position as a magisterial district judge to explore running.

HARRISBURG - The Department of Agriculture has named a York County man to be a new regional director over Franklin County and others in Region 6. Douglas E. Kilgore, who most recently served as a York County commissioner from 2004 through 2007, will assume his new duties on Jan. 8. In his new role, Kilgore will oversee Region 6, which serves Adams, Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties. A main focus for Kilgore is to advance the department's two key agricultural aims: agricultural education and economic development, in working with government, producers, agribusinesses, organizations, schools and consumers.

The Cultural Alliance of York County has announced the results of recent action taken by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Council members have made their recommendations for the artists who qualified for the 2007 Directory of Pennsylvania Arts in Education. Six artists from the Adams, Franklin, and York counties region were approved. Those artists include Nancy Walker, an historic dancer from Mercersburg, Pa. Arts in Education works through a network of regional partners to place professional artists in school and community settings.

Heidler Roofing Services Heidler Roofing Services, of York County, Pa., has merged with Master Roofers of York County and Hagerstown. Master Roofers is now operating under the name of Heidler Roofing Service. The company has a total of 130 people in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The company, a full-service roofing company, installs roofing on new and existing flat commercial and industrial buildings in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia and West Virginia.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - State Sen. Terry Punt appeared to be on his way Tuesday night to a comfortable victory over Democratic challenger Don R. Richards in his bid for a fifth four-year term in office, according to incomplete and unofficial results. In Franklin County, the home of both candidates, Punt was leading Richards by 33,467 to 8,754 with 65 of 75 precincts reporting, according to figures from the county Election Board figures at midnight. Punt, 55, of Waynesboro, Pa., was first elected to the 33rd District seat in 1988, after serving five terms in the Pennsylvania House representing the 90th District.